Jasper Slingsby \(^1\) and Glenn Moncrieff \(^2\)
\(^1\) University of Cape Town and South African Environmental Observation Network | \(^2\) The Nature Conservancy
Most data products that inform global policy are developed in the Global North, but these are erroneous in places, largely due to lack of local knowledge…
Being “stakeholders” is not good enough. We need Africans holding the reigns.
www.globalforestwatch.org
We don’t want Africa left behind… again…
We just need the skills and resources to make the most of it!
And more than half of GBIF records are from South Africa (38,145,962 records).
Hopefully showing the value of our own data to our decision makers will improve this.
Set up a webpage with a Google form (ecoforecast.africa)
Chatted to people and put out a few calls
Excuses!
First meeting in the next few weeks
Africa 11 (4 from SA) | North America 10 (4 working in Africa, 1 African) | Europe 4 | Asia 4
Great willingness to contribute skills!!! Especially from members of other EFIs
Much interest in research collaboration too!